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[It's probably been a while since the network heard from this guy. It's safe to say he's been preoccupied - between being lightly obsessed with Tetris, the Halloween possession thing happening (which actually affected him more than he cares to admit), the train hijacking and those three days ... he's had a lot to think about. And, in truth, still has.]

[But Christmas perked him up and with the new year just around the proverbial corner he's feeling like things just might get better, and you know what else never fails to lift his spirits?]

[Local wildlife.]

[That's right. So today the network is treated to a video of a group of trees. It's pretty early so the sunlight is warm and yellow and sparkles just so in the snow, and as the video sloooowly zooms in on one tree in particular ... you can see there's a Hoothoot snugly nestled in a hollow of the trunk, looking asleep and kind of ruffled up.]

[It's actually a very beautiful image, because Cooper has a tendency to catch them like that.]

[And then he zooms out. ...no, wait, he's zooming in again - a little closer this time, really focusing on that sleepy little owl. Despite his thing with birds, he can always appreciate them from a distance. And this little fellow is admittedly very cute.]

Look at that.

The spitting image of comfort. Right there.

[He sounds sort of breathless and utterly wistful, then zooms out again just for a pan of the scenery - snowy tree trunks and the little lake behind him. The water isn't all frozen yet so the sunlight gets to show off in the surface there, too, before Coop aims the gear back towards the bird and zooms in on it again.]

Almost makes you jealous, doesn't it?

[Action for anyone in Ecruteak! He's hanging out just on the edge of the forest, stalking the wildlife.]

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_{[He breathes out a smile. Her saying that lifts a lot of the death-fog from his mind - he'll be happy to go back to that later. Not now. Things are looking far too bright outside for that.]}

We should. _{[And a quick grin, just for good measure. (also puns)]} It's as they say, Heather: revenge is best served cold.

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_{[If there's one thing Heather's good at, it's using that mischievous streak of hers to distract from the bad stuff. Both for herself AND for others.]

[Grinning right back (and letting out a little groan), she reaches out to give him a friendly shove to the shoulder.]}

Ugh.

I oughta pop you with another snowball just for that awful pun.

_{[Oh come on Heather it's not like you don't make horrible puns CONSTANTLY.]}

_{[He lets her without much more than a sidelong smile. ALSO SHUT UP HEATHER PUNS ARE THE BEST.]}

If we're getting into another snowball fight I'd like to take the opportunity to make a rule against tickling.

_{[... Nice try, Coop, but NO.]

[She gives him a broad smirk.]}

Uh, as if.

That was WAY too funny to outlaw.

Besides, you're the one who said 'All's fair in love and war', remember?

_{[aka FAT CHANCE, because Heather hangs onto her secret weapons HARD. Better learn to live with it.]}

Very clearly.

_{[Because that had been funny, too. He doesn't seem very troubled though - it's not like he'd expected any other answer.]}

But you can't fault me for trying.

Points for effort, Coop.

Points for effort.

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